| A 12 hour course that provides information about the
functions of case management and referral. This course presents an
overview of case management and referral for substance abuse treatment
providers. Though they may not refer to it by this name, many providers have
been using case management for years. What studies support is also proven
every day in the field - substance abusers have better treatment outcomes if
their other problems are addressed at the same time as their primary
treatment for substance abuse. This course is part of our basic
training series, designed to provide the core hour needed for initial
credentialing.
Goals/Objectives
By participating in this Distance Learning Course the trainee will:
- compare the leading models of case management
- describe case management functions as practiced
within the substance abuse treatment continuum
- develop knowledge on establishing linkages with
other service agencies, or intra-agency case management
- identify evaluation approaches
- examine how to use case management to serve an
array of special needs substance abuse clients
- learn how to adapt a treatment program to a
managed care environment
Your Course Instructor:
Kevin R. Scheel
MS, MAC, LMFT
Co-Founder, DLCAS
Kevin R. Scheel is a Masters prepared chemical dependency counselor with
more than twenty-three years of experience in the human service field. He
has served as the director of programs in the public sector as well as in
private care facilities, both in the profit and not-for-profit arenas. He
has been involved in the delivery of education services to the field since
1986 as an instructor at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, and as
a private training consultant with Hazelden. Mr. Scheel is the author of
"Alcohol: Chemistry & Culture," as well as a series of education videotapes
on the various drugs of abuse, published and marketed by WRS Group, Inc.
He has also created a preparation and review manual that is currently in
use by a variety of colleges and universities in Texas, designed to aid students
preparing for their Texas chemical dependency credential.
While in Texas Kevin served as the Texas Coordinator for the federally funded
Project for Addiction Counselor Training (PACT) program. For this project
Mr. Scheel designed a 270 hour curriculum for beginning counselors,
delivering over 45,000 hours of classroom training to 415 minority students.
As a result of his efforts, 268 of these students have gone on to obtain
their credentials to practice chemical dependency counseling in Texas.
Kevin also served in the position as Coordinator for the Texas Addiction
Training Center (currently the Texas Addition Technology Transfer Center),
a federally funded project from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
in Washington, D.C. The goal of this project has been to increase the level
of addiction education to the various disciplines offering counseling services
to drug and alcohol affected clients. In Texas this project worked with 8
major colleges and universities.
Kevin is one of the co-founders of the DLCAS. He
continues to be active as a writer/author of materials for this training
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